How To Install Window Screen Tension Springs

Wire tension springs provide necessary tension to keep screens held in metal window frames.

How to install window screen tension springs.

Hold your screen frame in the window frame with retention hardware such as top tension springs nylon turn buttons screen frame hangers or wire loop and latch. Release the pegs or tabs. To install simply make a notch in the screen using our notching tool and insert the spring. Window screen pros llc.

If in doubt purchase top tension springs which are the easiest to install and don t require drilling into your window frame. The window screens i currently use a plastic butterfly clip as pictured in the picture. Installing the screen slide the new or repaired screen up into the top of the window frame while grasping the screen s base. The one just installs the screen and tension on the two wings holds the screen in place.

Place your finger into the top plastic loop at the opposite side to guide the top of the screen into place. Grasp the lift tabs. Maneuver the screen s base with the lift tabs into the window s frame. How to replace a window screen plunger latch in this video i ll show you how to replace window screen plunger latches aka window screen pins window scree.

They are pressed into the top and bottom channels. Lift the screen upward with the lift tabs to compress the tension springs.